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Press Coverage
2020
Press Releases
Coverage
YVArcade: Breaking Fast (dir. Mike Mosallam) x VQFF 2020
YVArcade: Goodbye Mother (aka Thưa Mẹ Con Đi) (dir. Trinh Dinh Le Minh) x VQFF 2020
CBC News: Curve Magazine defined lesbian culture for decades — and this film pays loving tribute to its legacy
Radio Canada, Boulevard du Pacifique: Début du Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Radio Canada, Phare Ouest: Mathilde Capone: Regard lesbien sur le consentement
Daily Xtra: 4 LGBTQ2 happenings to wind you up or down right now
Kelowna Capital News: Kelowna-based filmmakers to premiere ‘Punk as Flick’ at Vancouver Queer Film Festival
CTV News: Interview with Elegance Bratton
CBC Radio: Vancouver Queer Film Festival kicks off with documentary about transgender athletes
Breakfast Television: The Vancouver Queer Film Festival Starts Today
The Georgia Straight: At Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Lingua Franca reflects Isabel Sandoval’s delicate approach
CBC News: Pier Kids shows you the world through the eyes of queer homeless youth of colour
YVR Screen Scene Podcast: Luna Ferguson & Florian Halbedl
CTV Morning Live: Vancouver Queer Film Festival kicks off this week. How independent queer filmmaking is becoming more accessible in B.C.
Loose Lips Magazine: STILL HERE, STILL QUEER: Q&A WITH VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FEST ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANOUSHKA RATNARAJAH
Vancouver Presents: In conversation with Kim Kinakin & Michael V. Smith
Vancouver Magazine: 5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (August 10-16)
Behind The Scenes: Vancouver Queer Film Festival August 13-23 Announces New Director, Programs & Virtual Parties!
Rick Chung: Queer Trauma – ‘Cicada’ Sleeps Around x VQFF 2020
The Georgia Straight: Out on Screen names Brandon Yan as new executive director prior to 32nd annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival
DailyHive: 8 things to do in and around Vancouver this week: August 10 to 16
What’s On Queer BC: Out on Screen Announces New Executive Director
Vancouver Sun: Vancouver Queer Film Fest: Trans teens push to play their way in new documentary
SAD Magazine: STILL HERE: CATCH VANCOUVER’S QUEER FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE AUGUST 13-23
Megaphone Magazine: OUT ON SCREEN AT HOME: View the best in independent LGBT2Q+ cinema online during the 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Vancouver Magazine: Good, Clean Fun: August Culture Picks
NUVO Magazine: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Goes Virtual for 2020
Vancouver Sun: 12 things to do this week, August 6-12
BC Living: Vancouver Adventures: Our Picks for August
Queer Guru: MIKE MOSALLAM and the story of how one gay Muslim falls in love
Miss 604: Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Win Passes
Times of India: An elated Tathagata explains why his film ‘Miss Man’ is so relevant today
CBC News: CBC Vancouver sponsors Western Canada’s largest queer arts event
The Vancouver Arts Review: Anoushka Ratnarajah on a Digital Vancouver Queer Film Festival That is Supporting Queer and Trans Folks of Colour During the Chaos of Covid
BC Arts Alliance: Vancouver Queer Film Festival
The Georgia Straight: Vancouver Queer Film Festival opens with Pier Kids and spans 60 movies from here and across the globe
Inside Vancouver: 2020 Lineup for Vancouver Queer Film Festival Announced!
Taslim Jaffer: The Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2020 Goes Digital!
Broadway World: VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2020 Lineup Announced; Tickets On Sale Now
On The List: CONTEST: VQFF Returns For 2020 – Virtually
The Source: Vancouver Queer Film Festival – Breaking Fast portrays love and joy as an act of resistance
Times of India: Tathagata’s film ‘Miss Man’ travels to prestigious Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Gay Van: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform
What’s On Queer BC: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform
Surrey 604: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform
The Georgia Straight: Death-defying feats and diversity: Vancouver mountain film festival, East Van feature Bella Ciao!, and queer film fest
Inside Vancouver: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform
Broadway World: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival Shifts to Digital Platform
Review Vancouver: 2020 Vancouver Queer Film Festival
2019
Press Releases
Coverage
Megaphone Magazine: Queer film comes of age
South Asian Post: Artist Profiles: Anoushka Ratnarajah (Artistic Director for VQFF)
2018
Press Releases
Coverage
Room Magazine: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Reviews (2018)
SAD Mag: What to See: The Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Hollywood North Magazine: VQFF – Happening Now
APTN (video): Vancouver Queer Film Festival puts a focus on Indigenous film makers | APTN News
CBC – Radio: Desiree Akhavan says The Miseducation of Cameron Post became her ‘ode to rehab’
Vancouver Sun: Vivian Bang explodes onto screen in new film White Rabbit
Vancouver Sun: Yen Tan’s moving 1985 opens 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Hollywood North Magazine: Exclusive – Christina Willings Creates Beauty VQFF – Octavio is Dead! (Review)
CBC – BC: Inter-generational dialogue about Pride takes shape in short film project
Georgia Straight: Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Director Yen Tan takes us back to 1985
Vancouver Courier: Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Gender non-conforming kids let their light shine in ‘Beauty’
Surrey604: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Celebrates 30 Years
CBC: 30 years of resilience: Vancouver’s queer film fest illuminates the full beauty of LGBTQ lives
Vancouver Presents: Vancouver Queer Film Festival turns 30
The Star Vancouver: Films by and about transgender people to take centre stage
Vancouver Courier: Vancouver Queer Film Festival celebrates 30 years of queering the narrative
Georgia Straight: Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2018 gives prominence to Asian filmmakers
Vancouver Courier: Year of the Queer reminds us that not all diversity is visible
Georgia Straight: Vancouver Queer Film Festival’s visibility has grown along with LGBT community
Georgia Straight: It’s our Year of the Queer in Vancouver
Vancouver Sun: Vancouver declares 2018 ‘Year of the Queer’
DailyHive: City of Vancouver to proclaim 2018 as ‘Year of the Queer’
Vancouver Presents: VQFF2018 Event Listing
Davie Village Post: Vancouver Queer Film Festival Turns 30!
Broadway World: Out On Screen Announces Festival Dates
Review Vancouver: VQFF2018 Event Listing
BC Living: Out On Screen/VQFF Turns 30!